Cigar-tip cutter



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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK FLAD, F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

cieAR-TIP CUTTER.

SPECIlFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 276,964, 4dated. May 1, 1883. Application filed November 22, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern i Be it known that I, FREDERICK FLAD, a

citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county ofPhiladelphia, State of Penn- Sylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Cigar-Tip Gutters, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings, in which- Figure-l is a top view` of the cigar-tip cutter embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevationthereof. .Fig 3 is a section in line m w, Fig. 2, illustrating the operation of the cutter. Figa is a view of the piece from which `the cutter is formed.

Similar lettersof-reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

.i My invention consists of a-cigar-tip cutter which is light, strong, durable, and inexpen-` 1 `or other suitable metal, the shape Aof which is shown in Fig. 4, said piece being bent, near each end, into somewhat loop form, as at a,

the end portions, l, thus projecting at a right angle vto the main length ofthe piece, the edge of each portion h-a'ving a semi-cylindricalopening, c. The piece is bent or folded at the middle of its length, as at whereby the two end i portions, b, overlap and form the jaws of the cutter, the two openings c producing a single opening, c', for the reception of the tip ot' a cigar, the edges of said opening being sharpened, so as to sever said tip from the body of "the cigar when the jaws are forced together. 1 It zwill be seen that, owing to the bent or looped portions a, thejaws bare held sufiiciently sep- 1 4o arate in order to keep the opening c uncovered, and said portions become the spread or I flaring sides a of the cutter, which may be engaged by the' thumband toreiinger of the hand of the operator for advancing the jaws toward each other, the sides also being elastic or constituting springs, whereby they return `to their normal position. The portions of the y sides adjacent to the fold or bend d are firmly 1 Y pressed together, so as to be somewhat iiattened and produce the handle e of the device. When serviceofthe `cutter is required the handle `portion e is grasped and the cutter presented to the cigar, the tip whereof is introf duced into the opening of. The thumb and foretinger are then slipped toward the jaws b along the sides a and pressed against the latter, whereby the cutting-edges of the opening o are forced through the cigar in opposite directions and nicely sever the tip therefrom.

` their advancingand returning motions, so that they cut the cigar smoothly and uniformly. The handle portion e, serving as the startingpoint of theoperation of the device, tends to locate the thumb and foreiinger, so they do not slip from the device when rst grasped, which would be occasioned if first applied to the sides a', which are polished, and also prevents the premature motion of the jaws, such motion being accomplished after the cigar-tip has entered the opening c', the thumb and forefinger then riding properly on the spread or aringsides and pressing them together, the result of which has already been stated.

It will also be seen that the cutter has no rivets or fastening-pieces, is simple in construction, and alike strong, durable, and inexpensive. III the handle portion is an opening for the attachment of the device to a watch-chain, cord, Src., said opening being formed directly Vin the metal ofthe handle, whereby the attaching or suspension ring of the watch-chain, &c.,

is prevented from shifting and entering the jaw end of the device.

I am aware that it is not new to form a cigar-cutter of one piece of metal embodying cutting-jaws and daring sides and a curved portion opposite the jaws forming an open eye in which the watch-chain ring is fitted, and therefore disclaim such features.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isv A cigar-tip cutter formed'ot' a single piece of metal, consisting of cutting-jaws b c, Haring sides a', and portions e e, which latter are at- IOO tened together and held in contact and perforated, substantially as and for the purpose set forth. I

FREDERICK FLAD. Witnesses:

JOHN A. WIEDERsHEIivI, A. P. GRANT. 

